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September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.
Keywords
france
england
world war ii
german occupation of france
poland
war propaganda
food rationing
war effort
1940s
political repression
front-line soldier
war documentary
phoney war
historical documentary
Casts
Éric Caravaca
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Chamerois
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jean-Marie Fonbonne
Self - Narrator (voice)
Laurent Lederer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Flori-Lamour
Self - Narrator (voice)
Céline Payen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernand Bignon
Self - Photographer (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bignon
Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)
Maurice Gamelin
Self - Army General (archive footage)
Édouard Daladier
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Walther Lenger
Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)
Günther Prien
Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)
Walther von Brauchitsch
Self - Army General (archive footage)
Fernandel
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Albert Lebrun
Self - Politician (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain
Self - Politician (archive footage)
William Shepherd Morrison
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Paul Valéry
Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
Jean Giraudoux
Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
Crews
Cédric Gruat
Director
Cédric Gruat
Writer
Marc Silvera
Producer
Marc Silvera
Idea
Samuel Lajus
Editor
Sharon Hammou
Researcher
Alice Guerlot Kourouklis
Original Music Composer
Claude Valenta
Casting
Jérôme Letué
Graphic Designer
Claire-Anne Largeron
Sound Editor
Georges Lafitte
Sound Mixer
Georges Lafitte
Sound Recordist
Guillermo Fernandez
Color Grading
Marc Silvera
Production Director
Backdrops & Posters
